Fiscal Policy
The World's Debt Problem Has Become an Interest-Rate Problem: Reading the IMF's October 2026 Fiscal Warning
The IMF's October 2026 Fiscal Monitor, released on 14th October at the Annual Meetings in Bangkok, keeps global public debt, just under 94% of world GDP in 2025, on track to pass 100% by the end of the decade, with the fiscal outlook worsening for a second straight year.
22 Oct
Fiscal Policy
Treasury to Double the Size of Its Long-End Bond Buybacks Starting September 9
The U.S. Treasury announced August 19 it will increase the maximum size of its liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal securities (the 10-20 year and 20-30 year sectors) from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, effective September 9, 2026.
3 Sept